For richer, if not for poorer? Marriage and divorce over the business cycle

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1007-1033

  Schaller, Jessamyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Marital dissolution; Marriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876422585     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-012-0413-0     Document Type: Article

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